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Screening With Dignity Act of 2018

Introduced: September 5, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Aug 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.
Aug 7, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Aug 7, 2018
Introduced in House
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Screening With Dignity Act of 2018

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop procedures to appropriately and respectfully screen self-identified transgender air passengers and begin training of all TSA Officers on such procedures.

The TSA must implement protections for transgender passengers including prohibiting human viewing of passenger images and conducting pat-downs by an officer of the gender requested by the passenger.

The TSA shall separately study and report on: (1) the cost and feasibility of retrofitting advanced image technology screening equipment to distinguish between foreign objects and human body parts in a manner that is gender neutral, and (2) the impact of imaging technology on transgender passengers.

What's happening now August 20, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7
Esty, Elizabeth
· Sep 5, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 10, 2018
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Aug 7, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 7, 2018
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Aug 7, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 7, 2018
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Aug 7, 2018
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Aug 7, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Aug 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6659: Screening With Dignity Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6659/
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"H.R. 6659: Screening With Dignity Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6659/.
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